Arbitrary Command Execution in devscripts' scripts/dget.pl

CVE-2012-2242 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

scripts/dget.pl in devscripts before 2.10.73 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted (1) .dsc or (2) .changes file, related to "arguments to external commands" that are not properly escaped, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2240.

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